Tassel



. A. SCKS rASsEL Feb'. 15, 192%'.

Filed June 23. 1926 ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT orricE;

ABRAHAM sAoKs, on BnooKLYN, NnwY'oRK.

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- Application led June 23, 1926. Serial 110.118,124.

This invention relates to tassels.l

An object of the invention is to provide an ornamental and attractivetassel in which the parts are securely held together on an improvedtassel head.

Figure l is a view-in longitudinal section,

illustrating my improved tassel;

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the upper portion of the tassel,showing the same partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on A the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly tothe drawings, the tassel comprises a bunch5, and 6 j designates my improved mold. The mold 6 has its upper endrounded, as indicated by Vthe referenceY numeral' 7, the lower endthereof being formed with a square or straight edge 8.

Adjacent the lower end of the mold 6 an annular groove 9 is provided,and said groove is adapted to receive cords or wlres` 10 for securingthe bunch 5 to the mold 6.

The mold 6 is furtherv provided witha longitudinal central passage. 11,the purpose of which will hereinafter be more fully described.A i vvAfter the bunch 5 has been tied intothe mold 6 Va fringe 12 forthe moldis applied. This fringe comprises a wire strand 13 covered with silk 14.This silk covered wire strand 13 is then wrapped in a coil of thedesired shape or form to receive the moldv 6 in such a manner as to havea snug fitthereon. This fringe 12 is adapted to be of ysuflicient lengthto cover the upper portion of the mold and extend approximately on aline with the top edge of the annular groove 9.

After the fringe 12 has been applied to lthe mold, a suitable cord 15 isattached .to

the tassel 9, said cord'be'ing passed through the longitudinal passage11 in mold 6 vand f khas its free ends knotted, as indicated byV thereference.L character 16. In order to prevent thev cord l5 from passingentirelyv through the mold6 and at the same time to provide forretaining the fringe 12 in 'posi` 1 tionupon the mold, the cord 15 isknotted,

as indicated at 17, at the topof the mold.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present inventionprovides a -tassel `which may be readily assembled, and on which thetassel at all times will remain in position upon the head or mold, andat the same time, in a' tassel constructed in accordance with thepresent invention, the fringe may be readily removed by a loosening ofthe knot 17.

Tol give an additionalornamental and attractive appearance I locatearound the mold 6 between the end of the coiled wire 12 yand the bunchk5 what is known in thefart as a wired frill 18. Y l

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the generalform,V ofthe parts described without departing from my invention andhence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth butconsiderV myself at liberty to make such slight changes A andalterationsas fairly fall withinV the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim: Y v Y A tassel, ycomprising a mold having a longitudinalpassage therethrough, andan anso n nular groove adjacent itslower end, abunch secured'in said groove, a coiled silk covered `wire constitutingaresilient fringe located around the upper portion of the mold, a

wired frill vinterposed between the fringe'` and the upper edge of thebunch, a cord having its upper end projected through the .longitudinalpassage of thev mold, and knots in said cord at both ends of thepassage, one

the mold. Y v

' ABRAHAM ds'AcKs,

lofsaid knots serving to hold the Afringe onV

